this week's gratitude list:
(#'s 3415 - 3467)
Christmas presents for the whole family and that the whole family enjoys, together
being truly away from the city for the first time in more than 2.5 years
safety even with two tires blowing apart while we were traveling
four wheel drive
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| warm afternoon sun (see the croc?) |
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| amazing views |
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| big smiles |
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| riding on the roof |
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| Land Cruiser packed as full as we can get it |
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| the beautiful Niger River |
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| rocks to climb |
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| watching her enjoy her first visit to the park |
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| more big smiles |
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| girls enjoying the view with their daddy |
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| living life a little on the edge... M&M specializes in this! |
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| even more big smiles |
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| watching for and actually seeing real live wild elephants on that island |
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| life that grows in dry and rocky places |
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| bright blue skies |
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| life-giving river... peace like a river... |
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| binoculars and little animal spotters (she was awesome at finding monkeys... takes one to know one, perhaps?) |
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| amazing baobab trees |
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| monkeys |
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| gazelles and other deer-like-creatures |
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| finding nourishment even when it looks like there isn't much there |
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| running free |
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| curiosity |
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| places to hide |
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| monkeys chattering on a high ridge (you can see one of them if you look carefully!) |
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| bird-watching |
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| bird-watching some very, very LARGE birds |
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| families... even if they are a family of warthogs |
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| the gift of camouflage |
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| magnificent creatures |
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| climbing trees |
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| amazing and LARGE animal constructions |
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| a bird's eye view |
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| mighty birds of prey and the power they symbolize |
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| night skies |
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| full moons |
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| a great camp site cooking over a campfire (bacon and eggs for breakfast) roasted homemade marshmallows - any time of the day warm baths with tea kettle warmed water mosquito nets no scorpions in/under the tent this year packing up to go home |
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| a comfy next where littlers can ride |
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| bright in the midst of barren |
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| delicate, fragile beauty |
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| flowers blooming, life beginning anew, fresh starts... after the fire |
a new year arriving bringing new life blooming and and fresh starts beginning
Happy New Year, 2013!
May you experience
(and don't forget to count...
for you will never count them all...)
God's great and many blessings,
today and throughout the year
awesome pictures! All I could think of was how much Aaron would LOVE seeing all those animals in person - it would be so fun to watch him enjoy as I am sure it was for you to watch yours! YAY for happy family time! Happy New Year's to you guys!
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